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tapping into communication links of google and yahoo! is there something you can say to help us understand what's going on? what do you make of it? >> we had a briefing in the intelligence committee today and obviously it's a classified briefing, that's one of the frustrations of being on the intelligence committee is you can't freely share information. but as you know, general alexander, the head of the national security agency, has said that the reports about the n.s.a. tapping into google servers is not an accurate report. clearly, however, we need to have reforms of the system. we need to have more transparency. and we need to ensure that the privacy and civil liberties of americans are being safeguarded. and just today we approved a major reform bill that would l do just that. i'm very pleased that it includes an amendment that i authored with my colleague angus king from maine that will strengthen the role of the privacy and civil liberties board to do for oversight of n.s.a.'s collection programs. >> woodruff: senator, let me turn
tapping into communication links of google and yahoo! is there something you can say to help us understand what's going on? what do you make of it? >> we had a briefing in the intelligence committee today and obviously it's a classified briefing, that's one of the frustrations of being on the intelligence committee is you can't freely share information. but as you know, general alexander, the head of the national security agency, has said that the reports about the n.s.a. tapping into...
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google insists the scanning of e-mails is automated and that no humans are reading the contents. wall street managed small gains for the day, but investors mostly marked time ahead of tomorrow's report on unemployment and jobs. the dow jones industrial average gained six points to close at 14,937. the nasdaq rose more than nine points to close at 3,658. the smithsonian's national zoo in washington announced today its two-week-old giant panda cub is a girl. the cub is still nameless but appears to be in good health. zoo keepers said she was born to mei xiang, who was artificially inseminated last march. tests show the father is tian tian, also living at the national zoo. giant pandas are one of the world's most endangered species. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> brown: and we come back to syria and the debate in congress over a military strike. we've had one-on-one talks this week with two senators, michigan democrat carl levin and nebraska republican deb fischer. tonight, the view of a house democrat leading the charge against using force. florida
google insists the scanning of e-mails is automated and that no humans are reading the contents. wall street managed small gains for the day, but investors mostly marked time ahead of tomorrow's report on unemployment and jobs. the dow jones industrial average gained six points to close at 14,937. the nasdaq rose more than nine points to close at 3,658. the smithsonian's national zoo in washington announced today its two-week-old giant panda cub is a girl. the cub is still nameless but appears...
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. >> this is the google, the facebook of the world. >> it's not just the usual suspects like the googles and facebooks, so far there are two kinds of industries that have been overtaken by the structure of digital networks. one is finance the other is creative industries, journalism and music and that sort of thing. >> i can see the problem with respect to the concentration of power, but how does it affect the average person? >> well, what happens when you interact with somebody else's giant computer over a network is always at first there is some special treat for that you enadvertises to you enter in to their game in the case of finance, it was really easy to get cheap mortgages. in the case of consumer internet services it's free stuff, it's the coupons, free social networking and search. >> free music, flee blogs. >> exactly. what happens is there is initial free stuff. the market contracts a lot of what used to be paid is made free so that the economy gets a little bit smaller just notice that while you're getting all these free treats there's more income concentration and in financ
. >> this is the google, the facebook of the world. >> it's not just the usual suspects like the googles and facebooks, so far there are two kinds of industries that have been overtaken by the structure of digital networks. one is finance the other is creative industries, journalism and music and that sort of thing. >> i can see the problem with respect to the concentration of power, but how does it affect the average person? >> well, what happens when you interact with...
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and google's results exceeded analyst estimates. shares of both companies surged by 4% or more in after hours trading. i.b.m. earned $5.39 in the fourth quarter, 14 cents more than estimates. and the company gave an upbeat outlook for earnings in 2013. revenues also came in better than expected.
and google's results exceeded analyst estimates. shares of both companies surged by 4% or more in after hours trading. i.b.m. earned $5.39 in the fourth quarter, 14 cents more than estimates. and the company gave an upbeat outlook for earnings in 2013. revenues also came in better than expected.
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white house effort includes other officials as well in january, vice president biden appeared in a google fire side hangout on gun violence with newshour's hari sreenivasan. >> what's your interpretation of the second amendment? >> my interpretation is the second amendment is an individual right. >> suarez: such events happened last december during the fiscal cliff negotiations. when president obama visited a family in northern virginia to prod congress to act. his republican opponent complained about the strategy saying the president is more focused on talk than on action. this was senate minority leader mitch mcconnell two weeks ago. >> well, i'd suggest that one thing the american people don't want is a permanent campaign. the that's the last thing the american people are looking for is a permanent campaign. they want us to work together on solutions to our problems and deficits and debt are right at the top of the list. so i'd like to suggest this morning that the president rethink the adversarial tone he's adopted in recent weeks. >> brown: but the white house is pressing ahead. toda
white house effort includes other officials as well in january, vice president biden appeared in a google fire side hangout on gun violence with newshour's hari sreenivasan. >> what's your interpretation of the second amendment? >> my interpretation is the second amendment is an individual right. >> suarez: such events happened last december during the fiscal cliff negotiations. when president obama visited a family in northern virginia to prod congress to act. his republican...
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the conversation will be a google-plus hangout at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. you can watch it on our site live and if you have questions for the vice president, you can find a link for submitting them by visiting newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll cover the confirmation hearings for senator john kerry, president obama's pick for the next secretary of state. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs statio
the conversation will be a google-plus hangout at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. you can watch it on our site live and if you have questions for the vice president, you can find a link for submitting them by visiting newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll cover the confirmation hearings for senator john kerry, president obama's pick for the next secretary of state. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you...
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political editor christina bellantoni hosted a google hangout with religious leaders on different sides of the issues today. watch that on the rundown. plus, tonight's edition of "need to know" examines how the f.d.a. vets medical devices such as implants. find a link to "need to know" and much more on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, ray suarez reports on ireland, climbing back after the economic meltdown. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corpor
political editor christina bellantoni hosted a google hangout with religious leaders on different sides of the issues today. watch that on the rundown. plus, tonight's edition of "need to know" examines how the f.d.a. vets medical devices such as implants. find a link to "need to know" and much more on our website newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on monday, ray suarez reports on ireland, climbing back after the...
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financier and investment banker with his own firm-- he has helped launch a number of i.p.o.s including google, apple and genentech, among others; and alistair barr, senior technology reporter for "u.s.a. today." so alistair, let me start with you. what fueled today's demand? >> there are really two things: one is fundamentals of a company off into the future and the other-- which is probably more important today-- was the supply and demand of the stock. there wasn't a lot of stock available and there was a lot of demand from big institutional investors. >> sreenivasan: mr. hambrecht, who made money today. of the 230 million users i talked about i imagine very few got in a share at $26. >> i think you are right. the system of an i.p.o. that basically calls it a public offering, it really isn't. i mean, it was an offering to really select institutions and some clients of the underwriters. but the public at large just really didn't have any access to it at all. >> sreenivasan: also stair barr, where does twitter say it's going to make its money? >> well, right now it makes most of its money in t
financier and investment banker with his own firm-- he has helped launch a number of i.p.o.s including google, apple and genentech, among others; and alistair barr, senior technology reporter for "u.s.a. today." so alistair, let me start with you. what fueled today's demand? >> there are really two things: one is fundamentals of a company off into the future and the other-- which is probably more important today-- was the supply and demand of the stock. there wasn't a lot of...
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google's chairman, eric schmidt, began a private visit to north korea today. he arrived with a delegation being led by former new mexico governor bill richardson, who's been to north korea numerous times in the last 20 years. schmidt hopes to get a firsthand look at north korea's social media, and richardson said they'll also ask about a south- korean-born american citizen arrested in the north last november. >> we're here as individual american citizens to look at the humanitarian situation. we're going to ask about the american detainee who is here. we're interested in the economic and political situation. we are concerned about the missile launches and we're concerned about the importance of dialogue. >> sreenivasan: north korea's most recent launch came less than a month ago. because of that the u.s. state department urged the men to cancel their trip. wall street started the week by giving some ground. the dow jones industrial average lost nearly 51 points to close at 13,384. the nasdaq almost three points to close under 3099. those are some of the day's
google's chairman, eric schmidt, began a private visit to north korea today. he arrived with a delegation being led by former new mexico governor bill richardson, who's been to north korea numerous times in the last 20 years. schmidt hopes to get a firsthand look at north korea's social media, and richardson said they'll also ask about a south- korean-born american citizen arrested in the north last november. >> we're here as individual american citizens to look at the humanitarian...
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changed and blackberry didn't recognize it when the iphone came along and apple and later devices running google android operating systems began to sell directly to consumers and those consumers have jobs and they didn't want to use the phones that their companies were providing for them so their i.t. managers began to let them use the devices they bought for home use and that's sort of how the iphone and android phones crept into blackberry's market. blackberry suddenly realized that its customers, the i.t. managers, weren't the ones making decisions anymore. >> brown: these troubles, of course, have been going on for several years and i know the company's tried several things in the last couple years to try to maintain or even turn it around. but turning it around for any tech company is pretty hard. there aren't too many examples of that. >> yeah, i mean, there's certainly one example you can think of of a tech company that kind of hits bottom and turns around and that's a until during the '90s when steve jobs return and it became the juggernaut it is today. but the way it did that is by -- y
changed and blackberry didn't recognize it when the iphone came along and apple and later devices running google android operating systems began to sell directly to consumers and those consumers have jobs and they didn't want to use the phones that their companies were providing for them so their i.t. managers began to let them use the devices they bought for home use and that's sort of how the iphone and android phones crept into blackberry's market. blackberry suddenly realized that its...
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out in kansas city, last fall google began rolling out its own network to rival chattanooga's, part of a project to illustrate the benefits of high speed broadband. in 2010, julius genachowski, chairman of the federal communications commission, told jeffrey brown he agreed the u.s. must do more. >> we'll need to get those speeds up dramatically. we set a goal of 100 megabits to 100 million households by 2020. >> sreenivasan: one hundred, that's like 25-fold over what you're saying over where... >> a very significant increase over where we are now. it's ambitious. >> sreenivasan: yet questions about cost remain for such services, in chattanooga most don't pay the $350 for the one gigabyte of speed. instead opting for a 30-megabit per second connection, that's still nearly five times the national average. so, is chattanooga a model for the rest of the country when it comes to broadband? we explore that with sheldon grizzle, founder of the company lab, which works to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in chattanooga. and richard bennett, senior research fellow for the information tec
out in kansas city, last fall google began rolling out its own network to rival chattanooga's, part of a project to illustrate the benefits of high speed broadband. in 2010, julius genachowski, chairman of the federal communications commission, told jeffrey brown he agreed the u.s. must do more. >> we'll need to get those speeds up dramatically. we set a goal of 100 megabits to 100 million households by 2020. >> sreenivasan: one hundred, that's like 25-fold over what you're saying...
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wall street climbed again today, based partly on strong earnings at google and i.b.m. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 67 points to close at 13,779. the nasdaq rose ten points to close at 3,153. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >>brn: and we pick up on secretary of state clinton's testimony today and issues it raised about benghazi, the growing dangers in africa, and the challenges for u.s foreign policy. the attack on the u.s. consulate we're joined by former u.s. diplomat nicholas burns who served in republican and democratic administrations, he's now with the kennedy school of government and harvard university. and danielle pletka, vice president for foreign and defense studies at the american enterprise institute. with you and start with benghazi. was there more light shed today. where do things stand in trms uerstandinghat hpened and the response to it? >> well, jeffrey, i thought it was a commanding performance by secretary clinton. she was well informed. she was a master of the detail, and all the-- and she took respons
wall street climbed again today, based partly on strong earnings at google and i.b.m. the dow jones industrial average gained nearly 67 points to close at 13,779. the nasdaq rose ten points to close at 3,153. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >>brn: and we pick up on secretary of state clinton's testimony today and issues it raised about benghazi, the growing dangers in africa, and the challenges for u.s foreign policy. the attack on the u.s. consulate we're...